About 50 percent of railway workers, including 77 percent of train drivers, took part in a national strike that paralyzed a large number of high-speed trains, including TGV, regional carrier TER and shuttle trains RER in the Ile-de-France region, while a protest rally was held in Paris in front of the the Gare de l'Est train station.
A protest rally staged by railway employees and students near the Gare de l'Est train station in Paris.
Passengers at the at the Gare Montparnasse train station in Paris.
Police officers deployed at a protest rally staged by railway workers near the Gare de l'Est train station in Paris.
A protest rally staged by railway workers and students near the Gare de l'Est train station in Paris.
A participant of a railway workers' protest rally staged near the Gare de l'Est train station in Paris.
A protest rally staged by railway employees and students near the Gare de l'Est train station in Paris.
Trains at the Gare Montparnasse train station in Paris.
A protest rally staged by railway employees and students near the Gare de l'Est train station in Paris.
Passengers near an information stand at the Gare Montparnasse train station in Paris.
A train near the Gare Montparnasse train station in Paris.
Employees of the SNCF state railway company at the Gare Montparnasse train station in Paris.
Police officers deployed at a protest rally staged by railway workers near the Gare de l'Est train station in Paris.
Police officers deployed at a protest rally staged by railway workers near the Gare de l'Est train station in Paris.
A protest rally staged by railway workers and students near the Gare de l'Est train station in Paris.
Police officers deployed at a protest rally staged by railway workers near the Gare de l'Est train station in Paris.
